2025.8.21 US Stock Overview

1. VIXY rose by 1.53%, closing at 38.19.

2. Risk aversion dominated, leading to a broad decline in US benchmark indices. The S&P 500 index closed down 25.61 points, a drop of 0.40%, at 6370.17 points, which is a cumulative pullback of 1.51% from the historical closing high set on August 14. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 152.81 points, a drop of 0.34%, at 44785.50 points. The Nasdaq closed down 72.545 points, a drop of 0.34%, at 21100.312 points.

3. Tesla closed down 1.17%, Meta Platform down 1.15%, Amazon down 0.83%, Apple down 0.49%, Nvidia down 0.24%, Microsoft down 0.13%, while Google A closed up 0.22%.

4. The Nasdaq Golden Dragon China Index closed up 1.35%, at 7709.68 points. Among popular Chinese stocks, Xpeng Motors closed up 11.68%, Manbang up 9.81%, NIO up 9.27%, while Tiger Brokers, Boss Zhipin, and Miniso rose by up to 6.65%.

5. Bitcoin briefly fell nearly $3000, testing the 112,000 mark, while Ethereum briefly dropped nearly 4%.